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TÜİK · ADNKS 2020The most common surnames in Osmaniye 2020
The most common surname in Osmaniye is Demir (5,274 people, 2020). Yılmaz, first nationally, is 2nd in Osmaniye. It is a close race: Yılmaz in second place is only 216 people behind. Demir has led Osmaniye every year since 2018.1
- First place
- Demir
- Surnames listed
- 311
The 30 most common surnames in Osmaniye, 2020
| Rank | Surname | People | Per 1,000 | National rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Demir | 5,274 | 9.6 | 3 |
| 02 | Yılmaz | 5,058 | 9.2 | 1 |
| 03 | Kaya | 4,599 | 8.4 | 2 |
| 04 | Çelik | 4,151 | 7.6 | 4 |
| 05 | Doğan | 3,614 | 6.6 | 12 |
| 06 | Yıldırım | 3,529 | 6.4 | 7 |
| 07 | Kurt | 3,527 | 6.4 | 17 |
| 08 | Şahin | 3,488 | 6.4 | 6 |
| 09 | Kara | 3,331 | 6.1 | 16 |
| 10 | Gök | 3,235 | 5.9 | – |
| 11 | Yıldız | 3,071 | 5.6 | 5 |
| 12 | Özdemir | 2,898 | 5.3 | 10 |
| 13 | Aslan | 2,877 | 5.2 | 14 |
| 14 | Kılıç | 2,547 | 4.6 | 13 |
| 15 | Öztürk | 2,372 | 4.3 | 8 |
| 16 | Köse | 2,182 | 4.0 | – |
| 17 | Çetin | 1,984 | 3.6 | 15 |
| 18 | Ateş | 1,929 | 3.5 | – |
| 19 | Coşkun | 1,882 | 3.4 | – |
| 20 | Arslan | 1,808 | 3.3 | 11 |
| 21 | Avcı | 1,762 | 3.2 | – |
| 22 | Demirci | 1,761 | 3.2 | – |
| 23 | Güneş | 1,727 | 3.1 | 29 |
| 24 | Gül | 1,671 | 3.0 | – |
| 25= | Türkmenoğlu | 1,624 | 3.0 | – |
| 25= | Yiğit | 1,624 | 3.0 | – |
| 26 | Özkan | 1,595 | 2.9 | 22 |
| 27 | Koç | 1,580 | 2.9 | 18 |
| 28 | Küçük | 1,529 | 2.8 | – |
| 29 | Güzel | 1,474 | 2.7 | – |
| 30 | Korkmaz | 1,466 | 2.7 | 21 |
How do these counts compare with Osmaniye’s population?
With an ADNKS population of 548,556 in 2020, about 9.6 in every 1,000 people in Osmaniye are called Demir. The 31 listed surnames together cover 81,169 people, 14.8% of the population.1,2
Osmaniye lies in the Mediterranean Region. According to ADNKS its population grew by 2.6% between 2018 and 2020.2
| 2018 | 534,415 |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 538,759 |
| 2020 | 548,556 |
Which surname leads in the neighbouring provinces?
- AdanaAdana: Yılmaz leads (25,967 people); Demir, first in Osmaniye, ranks 3rd there with 21,830.
- GaziantepGaziantep: Yılmaz leads (42,230 people); Demir, first in Osmaniye, ranks 3rd there with 34,511.
- HatayHatay: Yılmaz leads (16,639 people); Demir, first in Osmaniye, ranks 6th there with 11,032.
- KahramanmaraşKahramanmaraş: also Demir, with 14,730 people in 2020, 2.8 times as many as in Osmaniye.
Neighbours: land borders derived from Natural Earth boundaries.3
Has Osmaniye’s top three changed over the years?
| Year | 1. | 2. | 3. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Demir 5,140 | Yılmaz 4,981 | Kaya 4,537 |
| 2019 | Demir 5,238 | Yılmaz 5,036 | Kaya 4,580 |
| 2020 | Demir 5,274 | Yılmaz 5,058 | Kaya 4,599 |
| 2021 | Demir 5,387 | Yılmaz 5,083 | Kaya 4,637 |
| 2022 | Demir 5,476 | Yılmaz 5,126 | Kaya 4,666 |
| 2023 | Demir 5,441 | Yılmaz 5,133 | Kaya 4,681 |
| 2024 | Demir 5,501 | Yılmaz 5,176 | Kaya 4,726 |
| 2025 | Demir 5,600 | Yılmaz 5,183 | Kaya 4,776 |
Sources
- 1Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK Nüfus İsim Portalı: En çok kullanılan soyisimler (ADNKS)
- 2Türkiye İstatistik Kurumu (TÜİK) · ADNKS, TÜİK ADNKS: Cinsiyete göre nüfus, Türkiye ve 81 il
- 3Natural Earth, Natural Earth: Admin-1 boundaries